Jim Beers retired from the US Fish and Wildlife Service after 30 years.
He served as a wildlife biologist, wetlands biologist, special agent,
and refuge manager. After working for the Utah Fish & Game and
spending four years as a Reserve Officer in the US Navy, he joined the
US Fish & Wildlife Service. He was stationed at Devils Lake, North
Dakota; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Grand Island, Nebraska; New York City;
and Washington, DC.

While in Washington, Jim was a Congressional Fellow, the Chief of
Operations for the National Wildlife Refuge System, the Program
Coordinator for the Animal Damage Control Program, and for seven years
was the wildlife biologist in the Central Office. He served as Project
Officer on nearly all national wildlife projects funded with
Pittman-Robertson money. Appointees of the Clinton Administration
cleansed the US Fish and Wildlife Service of many wildlife management
biologists like Jim. New employees went against legal statutes and
supported eliminating management of plants and animals for sustainable
uses. Jim resisted this, and eventually testified before Congress about
Service misuse of millions of dollars intended for state wildlife
management programs, only to do things prohibited by Congress. This was
being done in collusion with animal rights and environmental
organizations -- over $45 million without a paper trail. After spending
months at home with no work assignment, Jim accepted a cash settlement
and retired in 1999. He holds a Bachelors degree in Wildlife Resources
from Utah State University and a Masters in Public Administration from
the University of Northern Colorado.